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Monday, November 3, 2008

Flying ONE day before the election

Care about health care? Read below (taken from http://www.thebostonchannel.com/presidential-race/index.html):

McCain's view: McCain wants to allow people to buy health insurance nationwide instead of limiting them to in-state companies, and permit people to buy insurance through any organization or association they choose as well as through their employers or directly from an insurance company. He proposes a $2,500 refundable tax credit for individuals, $5,000 for families, to make health insurance more affordable. He wants no mandate for universal coverage. And he would no longer shield from income taxes those payments that businesses and their workers make toward employer-sponsored health insurance.

Obama's view: For the uninsured, Obama wants to create a voluntary national health plan for adults that has guaranteed eligibility and that will cover all essential medical services, including preventive, maternity and mental health care, and offer federal subsidies going to those who can't afford the group rates. He also favors catastrophic insurance to help businesses and families avoid bankruptcy and reduce premiums.

For those with private insurance, Obama wants to create a watchdog group that would establish rules and standards for participating insurance plans to ensure fairness and to make individual coverage more affordable and accessible. Insurers would have to issue every applicant a policy, and charge fair and stable premiums that would not depend upon health status. He says the package would cost up to $65 billion a year after unspecified savings from making system more efficient. Raise taxes on wealthier families to pay the cost.

Which one would you choose? Decide and go vote!

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